The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05
FORAkER REBUkED.
What Ohio's Democratic Candidate 70
Governor Thinks of His Opponent.

What OhiO's Democratic Candidate for
Governor Thinks of His Opponent.
The Indictment which Mr.. Powell
drew up against Governor Foraker,
was a singing one. In it he said:
"The Governor of OHIO should set an
example in his own conduct of loyalty
to established order and good govern.
ment. Whenever, in public place OF
speech, he refers to the President OF
the United States; it should be with,
at least, a decent respect for the Chief
Magistrate of over sixty millions OF
people and the highest elective office
on earth. The President represents
the dignity of our Republic before the
other nations of the world. His rep.
utation should be as sacred to every
fair-minded citizen as his own. In de-
fance of this sentiment Governor
Foraker, in q large convention, not
only claimed that President Cleveland
was lacking in courage Of every kind
but made the express charge OF
| cowardice against him by comparing
him to whipped spaniel.' Such
universal censure came at once from
private citizen and public press that
even the Governor fastened to join
the majority and pass Judgment Of
con demnation on his own conduct,
With the swiftness of the telegraph he
sends an invitation to the President no
had insulted to hasten to Ohio, SO we
could all unite in doing honor to his
distinguished presence The last !
heard President Cleveland had not
vet reached the Executive residence al
Columbus.
"Again, there are in Ohio at least
four hundred thousand Democratic
voters. They have done as much TIC
advance the credit, standing and rep
utation of our State as was ever done
by the same number Of people. In al
things which constitute good citizen
ship they have NO superiors: The,
have right to expect at the hands o
their highest officials decent Language
and fair treatment. Yet in the SAM
State convention we find Governo
Foraker publicly proclaiming to tn
world that when he was inaugural
/ our party had not left enough casl
, in the treasury to clean up the dirt,
Democratic tobacto spit in the Stat
House. 1t will not be necessary TO
. me to take exception to the fact Of I
Governor of four millions of peopl
entering the field and appropriatine
: the language of ward politics. Hi
own party has already done the wor
,, of censure. His State executive CON
I mittee is now circulating second ed
ton of that speech. 1t has been bot
revised and reformed. All such eli
t CANT language and choice expression
: as dirty Democrats have been car.
, fully eliminated"
/ In closing his remarks Mr.. Powe
! said: "What the people of Ohio no
most require is Governor who wi
give more attention to their own a
fairs than to imaginary troubles j
. Georgia; who, instead of travelling
!, and fro on the earth, preaching
crusade of hate and animosity again'
q q the South, will give attention to Il
s. affairs of his own Office, establis
Il and keep business hours, and deman
=, q and enforce such economy in the seve
r al branches of government that Of
y expenses and appropriations shall
!. - least be kept within our revenues i
B. stead of exceeding them from half
n million dollars annually"
Is The effect Of Powell's arraignme
4. of Foraker's bloody-shirtism and Sc
sationalism was instantaneous, and
u has been very generally conceded til
the young Democratic leader made
good opening. The speech subsequel
h ly delivered by Foraker exhibited
improvement in style over those 8
r dresses by him which Powell so sever
l. ly criticised. It was coarse and infla
le matory throughout, and while
e pleased the partisan element dra'
r forth to hear it it had little in it calt
Of lated to make an impression upon
ID thoughtful and the candid. = Chico
as Herald.
= THAT there has been a stea
% Improvement since the summer